Madison County, Kentucky: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 9 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Madison County in 2024.

FARS records 109 deaths in 105 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Kentucky in the same years is 17.1.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Madison County was number 14 of 120 counties of Kentucky.

Deaths in Madison County fell by 26.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (149) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (109).

In the counties of Kentucky the deaths fell by 2.9% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, pedestrians were 15.6% of the deaths in Madison County and 11.1% in Kentucky.

To qualify as a FARS case, the crash had to involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and must have resulted in the death of a motorist or a non-motorist within 30 days of the crash.
The set of first files, known as the Annual Report File (ARF), is released following the crash year. The ARF is replaced about a year later with a final file, which contains additional cases or updates to cases that had become available after the ARF was released.
NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on 1 Apr 2026. NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

Figure 1.Deaths in Madison County by year, 2015 to 2024

Table 1 has the numbers. Go to the table

Since the last update: no figure of this county has a change on record.

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

Table 1.Madison County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	9	9	1 or 2
2023	11	11	5
2022	12	11	1 or 2
2021	9	8	0
2020	14	14	3
2019	9	9	1 or 2
2018	6	6	3
2017	10	9	3
2016	10	10	4
2015	19	18	5
2015 to 2024	109	105	28

Each year from 1975

Figure 2.Deaths in Madison County by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 26 (1989)2024: 9

The columns with a stronger shade are the years 2015 to 2024.

Table 2.Madison County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	9	9
2023	11	11
2022	12	11
2021	9	8
2020	14	14
2019	9	9
2018	6	6
2017	10	9
2016	10	10
2015	19	18
2014	10	8
2013	12	11
2012	13	12
2011	15	13
2010	20	18
2009	12	11
2008	13	13
2007	18	18
2006	15	13
2005	21	19
2004	25	20
2003	11	11
2002	11	10
2001	19	18
2000	16	16
1999	22	17
1998	23	22
1997	18	14
1996	19	18
1995	15	12
1994	15	12
1993	11	9
1992	11	11
1991	14	14
1990	10	10
1989	26	23
1988	20	15
1987	18	14
1986	21	16
1985	14	12
1984	21	15
1983	14	14
1982	5	5
1981	9	9
1980	12	11
1979	7	5
1978	14	12
1977	11	9
1976	11	10
1975	10	9

Note: a count of 1 or 2 is written "1 or 2". A death is in FARS when it occurs in 30 days or less after the crash.

Rate for each 100,000 residents

Table 3.Madison County beside Kentucky and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Madison County	Kentucky	United States
2024	9.0	15.4	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.7	17.1	11.8

Note: the rate divides the deaths in the county by its residents. Persons who do not live in the county are in the deaths, not in the residents.

Population: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Madison County had 99,600 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Madison County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Kentucky
A driver recorded as drinkingof 105 fatal crashes	28	105 fatal crashes	26.7%	25.3%
A speeding-related driverof 105 fatal crashes	18	105 fatal crashes	17.1%	16.2%
No restraint usedof 72 occupant deaths with restraint use known	41	72 occupant deathswith restraint use known	56.9%	52.5%
Pedestriansof 109 deaths	17	109 deaths	15.6%	11.1%
Bicyclistsof 109 deaths	1 or 2	109 deaths	0.9%	1.2%
Motorcyclistsof 109 deaths	18	109 deaths	16.5%	13.1%
On a rural roadof 104 fatal crashes with the condition reported	71	104 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	68.3%	66.4%
In the darkof 105 fatal crashes with the condition reported	43	105 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.0%	40.5%

Note: FARS records a driver as drinking when police reported alcohol involvement or a test of the driver was positive for alcohol. It is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure, which uses a blood alcohol concentration of .08 g/dL or higher. One crash can be in two or more rows. NHTSA's definitions

Note that alcohol data is often missing. For that reason, this data element may under-count the actual number of drinking drivers.

NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.Madison County: fatal crashes by weekday and time of day, 2015 to 2024
Weekday	Midnight to 6 a.m.	6 a.m. to noon	Noon to 6 p.m.	6 p.m. to midnight	All
Sunday	4	0	4	1 or 2	10
Monday	1 or 2	4	5	4	14
Tuesday	1 or 2	4	8	3	17
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	3	12
Thursday	6	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	16
Friday	3	1 or 2	10	6	21
Saturday	1 or 2	3	7	3	15
All days	20	17	41	27	105

Note: a cell with a stronger shade has a larger count. The table has the fatal crashes with a known hour and weekday.

Table 6.Madison County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Kentucky
Interstate	24	23.1%	10.8%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	1.9%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	12	11.5%	22.3%
Minor arterial	23	22.1%	20.4%
Major collector	11	10.6%	18.9%
Minor collector	14	13.5%	10.5%
Local	18	17.3%	14.9%
Not reported	1 or 2	n/a	n/a

Note: the classes are those of the Federal Highway Administration. The shares are of the crashes with a reported class. Road function classes

Light condition and weather

Table 7.Madison County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	59
Dark, not lighted	28
Dark, lighted	10
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	5
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Madison County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	72
Cloudy	16
Rain	15
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Madison County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Madison	In all of Kentucky
Interstate 75	Interstate	24	166
State Route 52	State highway	6	24
US Route 25	US highway	16	141
US Route 421	US highway	5	79

Note: the table has each route with a page that has a fatal crash in the county, in name order. Local streets and county roads have no page. Their crashes are in the county totals. All routes in Kentucky

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Madison County on the county map of Kentucky

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 106 counties
10 to 14.919 counties
15 to 19.922 counties
20 to 29.957 counties
30 or more16 counties
Madison County: 11.7

The limits of the classes are the same for every state. A county with few residents can show a high rate from few deaths. A class is not a judgement of a county. The full map and the table of counties of Kentucky

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Madison County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Clark County	Kentucky	9	67	18.3
Estill County	Kentucky	1 or 2	16	11.3
Fayette County	Kentucky	37	369	11.5
Garrard County	Kentucky	4	30	17.1
Jackson County	Kentucky	1 or 2	37	28.0
Jessamine County	Kentucky	3	65	12.1
Rockcastle County	Kentucky	6	57	34.6

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Kentucky have a population nearest to that of Madison County. The list is for navigation and is in name order. The number is the deaths from 2015 to 2024.

Official channels

NHTSA Fatality and Injury Reporting System Tool (FIRST)NHTSA's query tool for FARS counts.
NHTSA FARS EncyclopediaNHTSA's tables of FARS data.
Kentucky Office of Highway SafetyThe highway safety office of Kentucky.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

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Source of the figures

Counts: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, national files of 1975 to 2024. The factors use the vehicle and person files from 2015. Residents: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, vintage 2025. Map: Census Bureau cartographic boundary file, 2021 edition. Data to 31 Dec 2024. The figures are totals. No page of this site is about one crash or one person.

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Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Madison in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 149 deaths in Madison County from 2005 to 2014. It records 109 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Madison in 2024?

The rate of Madison County in 2024 was 9.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Kentucky was 15.4. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Madison had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 28 of 105 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. This count is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure. NHTSA says that alcohol data is often missing, so the count may be too low.

How many fatal crashes did FARS record on signed routes in Madison?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 51 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.